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And tbh since she's only been an MP for two years, it really has a bit of a Dunning-Kruger feel about it - like, does she really think she's changed the world??

Yeah, right.

And rightly so ...

And, evidently, a fool who jumped.

Amber herd… moving back in with depp

That is quite a statement. Difficult to disagree with any of it.

Doesn’t this minister understand that the first question asked of a new PM will be “This is an illegitimate PM, when will they call a General Election to legitimise themselves?” It’s all so stupid and obvious whats going on. At present were saved from sleaze. bsky.app/profile/pete...

This is an honest, clear-eyed resignation letter. It's of some comfort to see Miatta Fahnbulleh openly state that Labour needs to act in the UK's best interests rather than its own.

just need some tanks to steamroller over the populace for the Generalissimo, don't we, Peter?

No. Starmer tricked people into voting for him by pretending to be a moderate, then swung to the hard right. We voted Labour because we were sick of the Tories. Starmer gave us more conservative policy, with a nasty chaser of authoritarianism.

It is ungovernable by self-interested dickheads, yeah. Have they tried electing somebody who will put country before party? I suspect it would be governable then.

Peter you at least need to get your story straight. Is it the Parliamentary Labour Party that we're declaring ungovernable, or is it the UK? You should probably recheck the groupchat.

There's a Simpsons' meme for this: "We've tried nothing and we're all out of options." 🙄

I propose a public referendum to forcibly change your legal name to be Peter Wanker.

Well, 'stable' is one way to describe it. It wouldn't be correct, but it's a way, I guess.

It's only tricky if you believe there is no alternative but to shore up a system which, by all rights, should have been dead and gone by 2010. Obviously there's a limit to how long you can Weekend At Maggie's the corpse of Thatcherism before it decomposes and falls apart.

When was last time we had a good gov though?

Well gosh, if a bucket of sick with a pair of glasses couldn't run a successful government then I guess no-one can. Christ alive.

nowhere is governable by centrist absolutists because they require total power and control with zero chance of criticism and dissent it's not the people's fault that your demands are impossible

All the answers can be found in the year 2016 #BREXIT

Now now, let's do try to be serious about this, Stuart. No need to resort to radicalism.

I'm reminded of the Guardian's client relationship with Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney both during and prior to his leadership, and of your colleague Pippa Crerar's many, many 'scoops' that are just 'a whatsapp spun on behalf of a mate'. It's you Peter, you're the problem.

Could anyone on the street name Miatta?

There won’t be an orderly transition and an early general election is likely if the new leader was rejected by the electorate already (Ed Miliband) or has a more radical set of policies like Corbyn’s, rejected by the electorate twice. Or blue Labour hated by much of the PLP. Musk is laughing.

Ah, the virtuous Peter-Pippa-Polly loop...

I love these analyses. “We supported Labour Together in word and deed and caused this to come to pass. We support genocide, xenophobia, punching down on the marginalised,” and when there’s pushback we, the people, get, “How did this happen? Is The UK ungovernable?” Incredible lack of self-awareness

I'm sure neo-liberal hacks such as yourself need to believe that is the case

no, obviously not. just the standard of politicians (and press tbf) is subterranean

A massive cop-out, from the people that said Starmer and co would fix it all We just needed reheated Blairism they said

Is this really the line you hacks are going for to defend the fact that the political factions you liked were just corrupt middle managers with no interest in bettering society? It can't be that you were wrong, no, it must that the country is ungovernable lol. *Insert Skinner meme here*

The backstabbing self sabotage destroy the left faction got into power. What did you expect? That they actually govern rather than do nothing and eventually turn on each other? They are doing the only thing they know how to do!

She is - knowledgable, principled and also pragmatic.

Not anymore she ain't, in my humble.

Them’s the breaks.